January Happenings

January was an exciting month with a lot going on. Greg, Jason's brother, got his mission call to Rome, Italy. He will be leaving in April. We are super excited for him and know he will do a fantastic job.

My sister Kari had a handsome little boy. They named him Bradley Allen. He looks so much like his daddy Jeff. He was born January 12 at 2:30 pm and was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 21 in. long. I was priviledged to be their for his birth. It was the first birth that I witnessed. It's amazing, the feeling in the room when a spirit comes from heaven and gets a body. Jeff and Kari will be fantastic parents.



We went sledding at Soldiers Hollow with the Schwartings. It's an annual thing now. We had a ton of fun. It was so pretty up their. It was Jonathan's first time and he had a blast.



For FHE this month we decorated cookies. At Christmas we got a sugar cookie decorating kit. It was fun to decorate the cookies and see the different designs that everyone came up with.

For another FHE we built a sledding hill in our backyard from all of the snow. The kids love the sledding hill and have fun going down it. I think Jason might have had more fun building it though =).




My brother, Brian moved back from Cali. He's not used to the cold. For most of the month the tempature hasn't been abouve 35 degrees. I think the warm air made him grow a couple more inches. He's 6'5" maybe 6'6".

Jason is the second counselor in the Stake Young Men's presidency. His latest project is helping plan the stake youth conference. They are going to a lodge and doing snow activities. The boys are sleeping outside in tents and the girls are sleeping outside. They are doing a pioneer trek to get into and out of the lodge. It is amazing how much time is spent to plan a youth conference. It should be lots of fun.

Jacob is almost 10 months. He is a super cutie. He is pulling himself up on everything.